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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 21h

Once when canvassing I asked a voter his #1 concern and it was "yard sales are not enforcing sales tax"

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 1d

Actual Voters have takes so much wilder than anyone online could imagine

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 2d

the through line for so much of Pratchetts work is a feral, unending, burning hate for people who think of other people as things to be used and exploited

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

or, in the words of the Nac Mac Feegle:

“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

No more kings. Vimes had difficulty in articulating why this should be so, why the concept resonated in his very bones. After all, a good many of the patricians had been as bad as any king. But they were...sort of...bad on equal terms. What set Vimes's teeth on edge was the idea that kings were a different kind of human being. A higher lifeform. Somehow magical.

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 14h

There are only about 350 mature leopards left in West Africa.

Once widespread across the area, the leopard population there has declined by 50% over the past two decades, leading to their moving to a higher threat category of endangered on the IUCN Red List.

West Africa’s leopards now officially endangered after 50% population crash

There are only about 350 mature leopards left in West Africa, according to the latest regional assessment by the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority. Leopards (Panthera pardus) in West…

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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 14h

Rule 34 Image Grossly Underestimating Kirby’s Fellatory Capabilities

MINNEAPOLIS — A Rule 34 image portraying notable platformer icon Kirby vastly underestimated his presumed capabilities in performing fellatio, disappointed sources reported. “Yeah, this one’s…

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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 17h

This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.

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A woman who rang ABC Sydney radio said she found out about the Optus outage from her cat.

The cat has an automatic wi-fi feeder (connected to Optus) & when breakfast wasn't delivered at 6:10 am, the cat went to the bedroom to lodge a complaint with management.

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The After-Life of Sharks 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thelifeofsharks.com · 16h

The Internet wasn’t designed to be hosted by a few huge corporations. This is what happens when they have a monopoly.

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Frank & Joe 🇨🇦 @thehardyboycats.bsky.social · 16h

Not in the mood for a photoshoot!

A handsome, well fed tabby cat, sitting in a beige armchair with his hind legs spread. He’s got a fat polydactyl paw covering his privates and his face is turned from the camera pointedly.
#CatsOfBlueSky

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Gareth Millward @millieqed.bsky.social · 15h

egregious example of post hog justification

The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 15h

AWS is down, post hog

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Lielac @lielac.bsky.social · 20h

I'm just pleased to know that "fruit crisp" is in fact the generally accepted term for the thing my family calls fruit crisp. (Also, it's delicious with all kinds of fruit.)

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copilot tormentor @hellonerds.bsky.social · 1d

when I think of trust & safety teams, this is not what I envisioned, but holy shit that's amazing

also, as a con runner: the stuff of nightmares oh my god

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 3d

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference

By Andy Newman

At Civic Hall in Union Square, a man with a gun walked onto the stage at a Wikipedia conference.

Richard Knipel, CUNY's Wikimedian-in-Residence, jumped the gunman and, with others' help, saved the day. Gift link

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference

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Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 1d

Ophelia is feeling good and full of playtime! I have been well chomped.

Amazing what a belly full of food instead of rubbish can achieve.

A very small playful kitten. Ophelia is tabby and white, and she's laying on her back with all four paws in the air. They're blurry and close to the camera. Her mouth is open and it kind of looks like she's shouting SURPRISE at us.

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Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 23h

this is by far the most plausible explanation so far, btw.
bsky.app/profile/bafr...

B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, I figured out what happened. Will make this a thread but TL;DR is some one on the gunline put the wrong time on a time fuze which made the shell function early.

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Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 1d

in training missions where we engaged targets close to civilian areas, we would "creep" rounds closer bit by bit, rather than risk overcorrecting and hitting something else.

we'd rather put our own lives at risk, than drop a round on someone we didn't mean to.

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Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot think of any plausible, rational reason to be firing artillery rounds over the heads of anyone in peacetime. it truly beggars belief.

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Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 1d

my professional and considered opinion as a former artilleryman:

what the fucking fuck

John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 1d

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21h

There's something bleakly funny about the fact this weekend's right-wing influence op is still only about 1/100th the size of the regularly recurring romance scammers, pig butchers, fake Keanus Reeve and Elons Musk, crypto/forex trading scams, lottery winner scams, and fake charity scams

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Séance and Spooky Spood-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · Jan 20

Since it's technically tomorrow on the east coast, here's an #EmotionalSupportSpood with illegal head tilt

Young Phidippus audax lass, on a fuzzy green camphorweed leaf, peering at you with head tilted at nearly 45°

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Mike "looking for research fellowship" Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 2d

Telling moment: I was walking back from the rally, but a couple miles from it, carrying nothing but my gigantic American flag. An eight year old on his bike sees me with it and yells "No Kings!!" with absolute conviction.

My friends, they have lost the flag.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

Why can’t they say it?

A tweet from Anonymous says: “They can’t do it.” The attached four-panel meme shows a cartoon character wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat. In the first panel, text says “SAY ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS!’” and the character looks neutral. In the second panel, another character says “SAY ‘NAZIS ARE BAD.’” The final two panels show the MAGA character looking angry and refusing to speak.

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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 2d

“We're lucky they're so fucking stupid" - ancient Ukrainian saying

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 2d

I wasn't gonna do this one but the flood of accounts created at 4AM EST pretending to be from the US was a little obvious, heh

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Lielac @lielac.bsky.social · 2d

brain noise: r- versus K-strategy inauthentic account networks, and this network is an r-strategist?

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Redshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 2d

The vast majority of the work that needs doing really, truly CAN be talked about publicly, in detail, without fear. Because it’s completely legal, and also extremely sympathetic.

They are not going to arrest me for charity knitting, that would be deeply absurd.

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Redshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, those guys aren’t doing shit.

I don’t care if the feds know I’m involved in a mutual-aid group or that I help pick people’s fruit trees that would otherwise sit out going rotten in the fall so the apples can go to the food bank. And offer help with pruning in the spring.

Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 2d

I always wonder how they can magically tell that none of these protesters are putting in work between protests.

But of course if anyone ask what THEY’RE doing, they call ‘em a fed and act like they’re doing Top Sekrit Antifa Super Soldier business that they just can’t tell you about.

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